In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larsen. Very interesting look at 1930s Germany; incredibly frustrating, of course.

_________________I would eat Dr. Cow pocket cheese in a second. I would eat it if you hid it under your hat, or in your backpack, but not if it was in your shoe. That's where I draw the line. -allularpunk

My dad is adorable. He is avidly reading Tim Gunn's Rules for Style. I bought it for iPad kindle reader when it came out, so I loaded it on his kindle just because I had it. He was deleting things last week, and decided to read a chapter before deleting it, and ended up reading the whole thing.

I never got around to reading it, so I guess now I will.

I asked my dad if he feels more stylish now, but he just grinned at me.

I'm still reading The Riverman. Keppel sure has an ego on himself, doesn't he?

_________________"This is the creepiest post ever if you don't know who Molly is." -Fee"a vegan death match sounds like something where we all end up hugging." -LisaPunk

_________________I would eat Dr. Cow pocket cheese in a second. I would eat it if you hid it under your hat, or in your backpack, but not if it was in your shoe. That's where I draw the line. -allularpunk

_________________I would eat Dr. Cow pocket cheese in a second. I would eat it if you hid it under your hat, or in your backpack, but not if it was in your shoe. That's where I draw the line. -allularpunk

The Skin of Water by G.S. Johnston is an interesting read set in Hungary during World War II. Thought-provoking on one level, on another just a good romance. Excellent read.

I also love a good mystery, and am a fan of Anne Perry. I have read all of her Thomas and Charlotte Pitt novels, her William Monk novels and her World War I novels, as well as some of her Christmas novels. The most recent of hers that I just finished was A Sunless Sea, which delves into people involved in opium trafficking and pits William Monk and his wife and friends against an unknown person who has murdered at least two people because of involvement with opium. Although it takes place in 1864, her messages about character and honor ring true for people these days as well.

I finished reading the 1485-1660 history book and have moved on to the 1660-1850 history book. There's not much to say for a history book, especially a "brief history". It was written by the guy who wrote Stations of the Sun, which I imagine is only significant to me and some of my IRL friends. I guess it's not really my favourite period in history to read about, since so much focuses on the Reformation and zzzz.

_________________A pie eating contest is a battle with no losers. - amandabear

Also, Cutting Block Press has four volumes of an anthology series called Horror Library that I'mma want.

I said I wasn't going to buy any more books for awhile, but alice, those both look great. And Pyewacket, I just looked up that 4 vol. anthology, and grouping the 4 together saves about $20 over buying them seperately, and now I can't decide if I want all 4 or if I just want to get one to start with. Ugh, decisions. The problem is that they all look interesting.

_________________"I would love to be president of the United States. It's been my dream ever since I discovered what power was." ~ RandiJM, age 11-ish

I started The Casual Vacancy yesterday. I'm only a few chapters in yet and I'm not sure what I think; I'm finding it readable so far but definitely feeling the criticisms that everyone seems to have about random out-of-context seediness (seemingly to make it feel "adult"?).

_________________Jack Sprat could eat no fat and his wife could eat no lean, and then their daughter became a vegan and got a boyfriend with an onion allergy. --- My dad.

Nova Swing by M. John Harrison. Wonderful noir-ish SF (and so far totally readable even if you haven't read Light).Must catch up, because the third book in the sequence is already out, and I'm told it's awesome.

I said I wasn't going to buy any more books for awhile, but alice, those both look great. And Pyewacket, I just looked up that 4 vol. anthology, and grouping the 4 together saves about $20 over buying them seperately, and now I can't decide if I want all 4 or if I just want to get one to start with. Ugh, decisions. The problem is that they all look interesting.

I know! Same dilemma here. I need to prowl a few used book shops and see what kind of little treasures I can uncover.

"little boy blue" by kim kavin - it's about dogs and rescues and shelters and horrible places (NC) where they kill dogs and cats w/ tiny gas chambers. horrible, but a good read.

Morgyn wrote:

I started The Casual Vacancy yesterday. I'm only a few chapters in yet and I'm not sure what I think; I'm finding it readable so far but definitely feeling the criticisms that everyone seems to have about random out-of-context seediness (seemingly to make it feel "adult"?).

i thought it wasn't bad but it just wasnt interesting enough for me to care.

_________________"T-shirts are not allowed in heaven, Karyn. They don't do casual Fridays." - Amandabear